By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Bad news reaches us from our sponsors, Big Bad Toy Store and TFSource. The
Transformers Prime First Edition toy line, which contains amongst others a very sharp screen accurate Optimus Prime and Bulkhead, plus Cliffjumper with show-accurate arm cannons, have been officially canceled for US distribution. A very small few made it to Toys R Us, along with a partial release of the line in Asia and Canada. Although it was always intended to be a limited run line, it looks now like that many preorders may simply not be filled.
Earlier today, Big Bad Toy Store began sending out the following email:
We apologize that we have learned that Hasbro has canceled these [Transformers Prime First Edition] figures. We will be listing new TF Prime preorders on Wednesday 2/1. Some of these may convert to new listings and some will be canceled. We will email you with updates between now and Wednesday. TFSource also posted the following on Twitter and Facebook:
Unfortunately we have some bad news, we didn't want to call it until Hasbro confirmed, but the rest of the Transformers Prime First Edition series figures will not hit the US. New Prime preorders will be up next week, if you already have placed an order you can opt to convert to the new product (RID) or cancel your order if you no longer want the RID piece. Once we have more news and the new preorders up next week we'll reach out directly to all customers that preordered.Unfortunately it seems likely that the line will at this point never see a full, mainstream US release. However, hope is not completely lost - this may be like previous occasions where items that seemed to be canceled eventually turned up in discount stores such as Ross, as was the case with the Reveal the Shield Voyager assortment, Power Core Combiners or Windcharger.
We live in the hope.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
A bit of news today from Transformers Collector's Club regarding the toy formerly known as Runabout. Full robot mode pictures will be up later today, but the TFCC has announced that the name is no longer available for use and will instead be called "Over-Run" because "
from a product standpoint we had to go with the name "Over-Run"... We could have searched out other names CLOSER to Runabout BUT that would have delayed us getting this guy to you all SOONER rather than later. Just all the way the schedule worked out."
From a name copyright standpoint, this naming issue is either due to Star Trek or
a little red wagon.
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
Jeff Anderson, an interior artist for some of the Transformers Generation 1 Marvel comic books from the 80s currently has some of his original pages online for sale at eBay -
Original Transformers G1 Comic Art. These include some pages from Target 2006, among others.
Check out all the pages by
here.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Third party group, Igear, has updated their
Facebook page with a new prototype image of what appears to be their take on Generation 1 Cliffjumper. As with other Igear figures, this guy looks like he will be carrying quite an arsenal with him.
Check out the image after the break and head over to our new
3rd Party Discussion forum to discuss this and all things 3rd party!
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
A few days ago
we posted a story regarding some updates to the Takara-Tomy website, and today we'll be posting an update to THAT update, as thanks to
GunJap.net we have some clarifications regarding what we speculated to be a stage based upon Optimus Prime for the Asahikawa Winter Festival, revealing that the project is in reality a giant 16 Meter (Or 52 1/2 feet) statue of
Transformers: Prime Optimus Prime made entirely out of snow. We'll keep you posted on this chilling story as time goes on.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
More news out of The Transformers Collectors' Club. The club has updated their
Facebook page with an image of the upcoming store exclusive
Runabout's vehicle mode. This is the first we've seen of this figure in all of it's plastic glory. The Club also states that Runabout's robot mode will be revealed tomorrow. Runabout will be available for preorder sometime next week, according to the Club, along with
Shattered Glass Drift. Runabout's partner,
Runamuck, will be available as the free figure for signing up for the Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine.
Keep watching for more images here on TFW!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Site Sponsor,
Bigbadtoystore, has updated their
preorders page with a ton of new listings for Japanese Transformers Prime toys. Some of these are official confirmation of characters getting toys while others are brand new listings.
No pictures as of yet, but we will keep you posted here on TFW.
Up for Preorder:
Voyager Optimus Prime
Deluxe Bumblebee
Deluxe Cliffjumper
Deluxe Ratchet
Deluxe Megatron
Deluxe Skywarp
Voyager Starscream
Deluxe Terrorcon Cliffjumper
Voyager Bulkhead
Deluxe Soundwave
Deluxe Arcee
Voyager Decepticon Breakdown
Deluxe Knockout
Deluxe Decepticon Bikon
Legends Decepticon Bikon
Commander Bulkhead
Commander Optimus Prime
Commander Megatron
Commander Starscream
Legends Bumblebee
Legends Cliffjumper
Legends Arcee
Legends Ratchet
Legends Eback
Commander Ironhide
Commander Dreadwing
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Earlier we
reported a rumor that the main line of Transformers Prime toys has shown up at retail in the United States. Thanks to one of the newest 2005 Board members, Phantomcrow, we now have confirmation of that rumor. Phantomcrow reports finding the first wave of Revealers (Deluxes) and the first wave of Powerizers (Voyagers) at a local Toys R Us in Kansas City, MO. Other sightings have been reported in California as well. All sightings have been from Toys R Us Stores.
The hunt is on and the game is afoot, load your wallets with cash and get to your local Toys R Us! Don't forget, if you see anything else new from the Transformers Prime line make sure to let us know in our
sightings forum.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
2005 Boards member D-Drive has sent us over the listing for what's shipping next week with Diamond Comics. Next week brings us the first part of the Transformers Infestation 2 miniseries - the return to the Hearts of Steel continuity! To go along with this, there's also a new run on the original Hearts of Steel miniseries. Check out the full listings below:
INFESTATION 2 TRANSFORMERS #1 (Of 2) (incentive 1 in 10 ships as well)
(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Guido Guidi (CA) Livio Ramondelli, Guido Guidi
The Infestation threat has broken the boundaries of time and the Lovecraftian monsters invade the world of Transformers: Hearts of Steel! It's a steam-punk world in the grips of panic as terrifying beings from the depths of the ocean corrupt both humans and Decepticons! Only one man knows how to stop the Infestation, and it's up to him to awaken the Autobots in time to prevent full-scale cataclysm!
Ships with 2 covers in a 1-to-1 ratio, 1 by Ramondelli and 1 by Guidi
TRANSFORMERS EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL TP (NEW PRINTING)
(W) Chuck Dixon (A/CA) Guido Guidi
Ever wondered what form your favorite TRANSFORMERS would take if they existed in different eras? Wonder no more, as IDW's new Evolutions line debuts with "Hearts of Steel," writer Chuck Dixon and artists Guido Guidi transplant the 'bots to the Industrial Revolution, where a charismatic hammer-man named John Henry discovers that a steam drill is really an alien robot named BUMBLEBEE. Before he can process this information, the pair are attacked by DECEPTICONS disguised as tanks, trains and walking engines. Is this all part of a larger scheme by STARSCREAM? And if so, will the other AUTOBOTS arrive in time to stop his nefarious plans?
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